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Achieving Meaningful Use
November 17, 2009 11:33 AM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Celwyn C. Evans, a senior partner at Greencastle Associates Consulting in Malvern, Pa. With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Read More...
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Flexible Accreditation: The Politically Acceptable Key to Accountability — and Interoperability
May 4, 2009 11:09 AM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Lee Barrett, executive director of the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards-development and accreditation organization. Information technology has been mature enough to transform Read More...
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Will the Weight of EMRs Break IT?
April 9, 2009 4:53 PM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Alex Adamopoulos, executive vice president and COO of Exigen Services Pulling together as a nation to overhaul an aging, often paper-based medical records system is long overdue. We can all agree it will create jobs, pump money into Read More...
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For EHR Implementation, the Time to Act is Now
March 26, 2009 2:37 PM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Thomas L. Pettibone, founder and managing partner of Transition Partners. President Obama's economic recovery package allows for billions of dollars for health care IT investment. As the recovery package begins to be distributed, Read More...
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EHR Rework Ahead
March 25, 2009 11:27 AM by Frank Irving
A large majority of readers -- 65 percent -- who answered ADVANCE 's online opinion poll during the past month said they need to rework their existing EHR plans in light of the HIT provisions of the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Read More...
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Change Can’t Happen with Technology Alone
March 3, 2009 11:39 AM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Michael L. Cowan, MD, chief medical officer at BearingPoint and former surgeon general of the U.S. Navy It's official. The economic recovery package has been signed and $19 billion is marked for health information technology. But, Read More...
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Consumers Need All of the Facts in the Privacy Debate
February 26, 2009 1:06 PM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary by David St. Clair, founder and CEO, MEDecision The economic stimulus package that President Obama has signed contains upwards of $20 billion to create electronic health records for most Americans within five years. The president has Read More...
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Thinking Beyond EHRs
February 9, 2009 12:22 PM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary from Ned Moore, CEO and co-founder, Portico Systems, Inc. With the passage of the Obama economic stimulus package by the House of Representatives, now in Senate review, there has been a lot of discussion about what the $20 billion slated Read More...
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Whose Position is it?
November 27, 2007 7:15 PM by Frank Irving
A Democratic presidential candidate proposes the following three measures to improve adoption of electronic medical record systems, according to his/her official Web site: 1) Invest at least $1 billion per year in moving to electronic health record systems. Read More...
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A Case of Murder and EHRs -- Final Chapter
November 6, 2007 7:40 AM by Frank Irving
A Case of Murder and EHRs Copyright 2007 by Peter J. Groen and Jaime Nasuti. Published with permission of the co-authors. Editor's note: This is the final chapter in this series of blog posts, completing the co-authors' short story. If you don't want Read More...
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A Case of Murder and EHRs -- Chapter Ten
November 5, 2007 9:59 AM by Frank Irving
A Case of Murder and EHRs Copyright 2007 by Peter J. Groen and Jaime Nasuti. Published with permission of the co-authors. CHAPTER TEN As Dr. Douglas was recovering from the unbelievable events that had unfolded just days before, he made a final detailed Read More...
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A Case of Murder and EHRs -- Chapter Nine
November 2, 2007 9:56 AM by Frank Irving
A Case of Murder and EHRs Copyright 2007 by Peter J. Groen and Jaime Nasuti. Published with permission of the co-authors. CHAPTER NINE The Secret Service agents suddenly had their hands full. Dr. Rose immediately denied any wrongdoing and went on the Read More...
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A Case of Murder and EHRs -- Chapter Eight
November 1, 2007 12:34 PM by Frank Irving
A Case of Murder and EHRs Copyright 2007 by Peter J. Groen and Jaime Nasuti. Published with permission of the co-authors. CHAPTER EIGHT Dr. Douglas, the cardiologist taking care of Congressman Martin, sat in a stupor in the chief of staff's office. What Read More...
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A Case of Murder and EHRs -- Chapter Seven
October 31, 2007 10:37 AM by Frank Irving
A Case of Murder and EHRs Copyright 2007 by Peter J. Groen and Jaime Nasuti. Published with permission of the co-authors. CHAPTER SEVEN The warning message began flashing on Dirk's computer screen, a somewhat rare occurrence. Not too many high-profile Read More...
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A Case of Murder and EHRs -- Chapter Six
October 30, 2007 10:00 AM by Frank Irving
A Case of Murder and EHRs Copyright 2007 by Peter J. Groen and Jaime Nasuti. Published with permission of the co-authors. CHAPTER SIX Dr. Rose was a relatively new physician on the medical staff of the hospital. Upon hearing of the presidential hopeful's Read More...
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